The city of Niagara Falls, NY has a population of over 50,000 residents and is the largest city in Niagara County. The city is represented by a mayor and six council members who make up the local legislative body. In terms of local politics, Niagara Falls is largely Democratic-leaning and has voted for Democratic candidates in recent elections. The current mayor is Paul Dyster, with John Accardo and Robert Anderson as his most notable opponents. Council members include Ezra Scott Jr., William Rivera, Kristen Grandinetti, Andrew Touma, Kenny Tompkins, and Robert Restaino. These representatives help to provide guidance on important matters such as taxation, infrastructure improvements and other municipal policies. Furthermore, they strive to ensure that all citizens of the 14303 district are heard when it comes to political issues concerning their community.
The political climate in Zip 14303 (Niagara Falls, NY) is leaning liberal.
Niagara County, NY is somewhat conservative. In Niagara County, NY 44.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Niagara county remained moderately Republican, 53.8% to 44.2%.
Niagara county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 14303 (Niagara Falls, NY) is leaning liberal.
Niagara Falls, New York is leaning liberal.
Niagara County, New York is somewhat conservative.
Buffalo-Cheektowaga Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
New York is moderately liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Niagara Falls, New York: d d d d R r
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 14303 (Niagara Falls)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 57 contributions totaling $20,544 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $360 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $1,715 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)